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ISLAND HEALTH
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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
Cowichan Hospital
Replacement Project
$1.45 BILLION
The Project consists of a replacement
community-level acute care hospital, with
capacity for 204 inpatient beds. The facility will provide patient care and programs
to address future service needs for the
region while including the following: total
building area of approximately 56,448
square metres; capacity for core inpatient
and ambulatory services, including seven
operating rooms, and additional procedure rooms and outpatient/ambulatory
clinic capacity, expanded diagnostic imaging, and expanded emergency department
capacity.
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Dwyer Hill Training Centre
$1.4 BILLION
2025 Rank: 61
Location: Ottawa, Ont.
Owner/Project Manager: Depart. of National Defence
Construction Manager: EllisDon Corporation
Architect/Engineer: GRC Cohos JV
Management Consultants: Defence Construction
Canada (contract management); Colliers Project
Leaders (project management services)
Funding: Public
Substantial Completion: 2034
LRT
Capital Line South LRT
$1.38 BILLION
Major construction along 111 Street
anticipated began in 2025. Phase 1 of the
project is a 4.5-kilometre, high-floor LRT
extension along the west side of 111 Street
and includes: an LRT underpass at 23
Avenue; two bridges (one across Blackmud
Creek and one across Anthony Henday
Drive); two stations (Twin Brooks station and
Heritage Valley North station connecting to
the Heritage Valley Transit Centre and Park
and Ride); an Operations and Maintenance
Facility; and light rail vehicles.
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2025 Rank: 59
Location: Municipality of North Cowichan, B.C.
Owner: Island Health
Alliance Team: EllisDon, Parkin Architects, BC
Infrastructure Benefits and Infrastructure BC
Other Key Players: Entuitive, WSP; Hanscomb (cost
consultant); Mulvey & Banani; Victaulic (supplier);
EY (management consultant); H.H. Angus &
Associates Limited Consulting Engineers (engineerdesign); Marsh Canada (risk advisor)
Legal: Norton Rose Fulbright (owner’s advisor)
Funding: Public
Provincial: $1.148 billion
Cowichan Valley Regional Hospital District: $282.6
million
Cowichan District Hospital Foundation: $15 million
Substantial Completion: 2026
MILITARY
The Dwyer Hill Training Centre (DHTC) will provide the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) with
the modern infrastructure needed to support their training and
operations. This project will provide more than 100,000 square
metres of purpose-built space to meet CANSOFCOM’s long-term
growth, training, and high-readiness operational needs. Work
includes replacing 89 aging and temporary structures with 23
new facilities; renovating seven buildings; and upgrading the
site’s utilities.
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CITY OF EDMONTON
HEALTHCARE
2025 Rank: 63
Location: Edmonton, Alta.
Owner: City of Edmonton
Phase 1 Design-Build Contract: Capital Line Design-Build
Ltd. (Ledcor Group of Companies); AECOM (design)
Early Works Construction Manager: EllisDon
Owner’s Engineer: Capital Line Partners (Associated
Engineering; Stantec; Egis; SMA; Stewart Group; EY; GEC;
McElhanney; Wood (WSP); CIMA+)
Other Key Players: Aon, INTECH (risk advisor); EY
(management consultant); Entuitive; AGAT Labs
(environmental assessment); Parsons (independent certifier);
LRI Engineering
Funding: Public
Federal: $418 million
Provincial: $365 million
Municipal: $585 million
Substantial Completion: 2029
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